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Set fields side to other fields and fields width to text width [message #45511]

Thu, 26 November 2015 12:30

koldo
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Registered: August 2008

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For sure this has been posted before.

When doing international applications it is not easy to set the "static fields" (Label, ...) to a right width because the same sentence have different length in different languages. A possible way to solve this would be to set the field width automatically to the text width.

As this feature would produce that these label fields could overlap adjacent input fields, a solution could be to let fields sides to be set not only linked to window border, but linked to field side.

In the picture there is the same text in two languages. The same sentence in other languages could be even longer. In "Proposed", input fields adapt to static field widths.

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What do you think about it?

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Best regards
Iñaki

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Re: Set fields side to other fields and fields width to text width [message #45518 is a reply to message #45511]

Fri, 27 November 2015 00:01

sergeynikitin
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I propose to use virtual Layout();

Then you can set sizes as you wishes, based on wide diapason of reasons. Smile

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Re: Set fields side to other fields and fields width to text width [message #45522 is a reply to message #45518]

Fri, 27 November 2015 09:18

koldo
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Oh yes, that is possible.

However I thought in something more standard, even integrated into .lay Smile

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Iñaki

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Re: Set fields side to other fields and fields width to text width [message #45523 is a reply to message #45522]

Fri, 27 November 2015 09:27

mirek
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koldo wrote on Fri, 27 November 2015 09:18

Oh yes, that is possible.

However I thought in something more standard, even integrated into .lay

First of all, 'actual' is OK for me...

Anyway, possible suggestion how to achieve proposed: Perhaps we could have something like "WithLabel" template (similar to WithDropChoice), then layout issue would be resolved in CtrlLib...

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Re: Set fields side to other fields and fields width to text width [message #45524 is a reply to message #45523]

Fri, 27 November 2015 09:43

mirek
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Well, in fact, now thinking about it, it would be even possible just as flag of "Label".

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Re: Set fields side to other fields and fields width to text width [message #45529 is a reply to message #45524]

Fri, 27 November 2015 12:48

koldo
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This could affect static controls like Label and LabelBox.

In addition input controls like EditString have to be aware of it (resizing them) as if not the Label could overlap them.

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